text: Fred Pestello, Ph.D. PERSONAL INFORMATION Office Address: Office of the President, Le Moyne College, 1419 Salt Springs Road, Syracuse, NY, 13214-1301 Phone: (315) 445-4120 FAX: (315) 445-4691 EDUCATION Ph.D., 1985, The University of Akron-Kent State University Joint Ph.D. Program in Sociology M.A., 1981, The University of Akron, Sociology B.A., 1974, John Carroll University, Sociology PROFESSIONAL HISTORY 2008-Present: Professor of Sociology, Le Moyne College 2000-2008: Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton 1991-2000: Associate Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton 1985-1991: Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Dayton 1984-1985: Instructor, University of Dayton ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE 2008- Present: President, Le Moyne College 2001-2008: Provost and Senior Vice President for Educational Affairs, University of Dayton Jan-June 2001: Provost Designate, University of Dayton 1997-2000: Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Dayton 1993-1997: Chair, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, U. of Dayton ACADEMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE BACKGROUND President (July 2008 to Present), Le Moyne College Responsibilities: Chief executive and top administrative officer. Broad and comprehensive responsibilities include general control and direction of the business operations, educational activities and other affairs of the College. Work in close consultation with the Board of Trustees and with a wide range of internal and external constituencies to provide overall leadership and direction for the College. Provost and Senior Vice President for Educational Affairs (2001 to 2008), University of Dayton Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Worked closely with the President and Vice President for Finance and Administrative Services on all major decisions and had primary responsibility for the academic units (Arts and Sciences, Business Administration, Education and Allied Professions, Engineering, Law, and the Graduate School), Libraries, Enrollment Management, Information Technology, the Research Institute, and Student Development (all reported directly to the Provost). Delivered a series of formal addresses that encouraged faculty to make academic excellence the centerpiece of the University of Dayton's educational processes. This call reinvigorated the institutional culture and reshaped the organization's national image. As this momentum took hold, emphasis moved toward "Three Grand Initiatives": the undergraduate curriculum, policies and procedures central to faculty career development, and a graduate education strategy. The institution achieved significant success by adopting this tri-part focus and tackling these issues, which was noted in the University's 2007 reaccreditation review. Enacted a highly collaborative process to draft a new vision statement that spawned a new strategic plan. Identified key strategic challenges and opportunities and then acted on them by developing policies, creating and modifying programs, and allocating resources in ways that directed attention, initiated solutions, and empowered the campus community to address them. The University received many accolades, enjoyed many awards, achieved top rankings, and experienced a spectacular shift in the category in which it is ranked by U.S. News, from a regional masters level university to a national university in the top tier. The institution set new records not only in terms of the number of students, but also in terms of the profile based on standardized test scores. Enjoyed the highest mean ACT (25.7) and SAT (1167) scores in the institution's history and increased the proportion of students from outside the State of Ohio. In a period of seven years, applications rose from less than 6,000 to just over 11,500. This growth in numbers, geographic diversity, and preparedness did not impact the discount rate, which consistently remained below 34 percent (NACUBO rate) for the incoming class. Nor did it impact retention, which for first-to-second year undergraduate retention varied between 86 and 88 percent. Sponsored research nearly doubled from $42.8 million in 2001 to over $80 million in 2008. The University of Dayton is the largest private university in the State of Ohio, and one with an array of graduate and professional programs. The total student population averages close to11,000 students, with a full-time undergraduate population of nearly 7,000 students, 96% of whom live on campus. For FY08 the operating budget was approximately $340 million. Provost Designate (January through June 2001), University of Dayton Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Drafted the University's response to Ex corde Ecclesiae and its procedures for handling the mandatum. Worked with the President and consulted with University colleagues to create a policy which has been called a "best practice" by one of the University's leading theologians. Began a series of meetings with the Advisory Council on Women's Issues and the Diversity Task Force to create a unified Diversity in Community Strategy. Associate Dean (1997- December 2000), University of Dayton Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Responsible for approximately half of the day-to-day operation of the College of Arts and Sciences. Areas supervised included approximately 120 ranked faculty, two endowed chairs, eight department chairs, and five program directors. Duties included oversight of operational budgets, staffing, hiring, diversity, faculty development, curriculum initiatives, annual reviews, chairperson renewal and replacement, assessment, the Operations Manual, and space allocation. Co-chaired the University's Faculty and Staff Capital Campaign; revised the College's promotions procedures; served as the Arts and Sciences representative on the Campus Master Planning Committee; chaired the Sesquicentennial Conversation Research Team, and co-chaired the data management committee for the University's budgetary system. Chaired and served on several seniorlevel search committees. Served as the information technology leader of the College, created the Computing Technology Center (CTC), shifted substantial resources to this area, and grew the core staff. The CTC generated an inventory, established a renewal and replacement strategy, created technologically-enhanced classrooms, initiated a strategic plan, and improved customer satisfaction. Initiated and oversaw the College's Virtual Orientation, which received significant national recognition and was implemented university-wide. Co-authored a successful grant for $200,000 from the Pew Trust Grant Program in Course Redesign to use technology to increase quality while reducing the cost of instruction. Social Science Division Leader (1995-1997), University of Dayton Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Elected position to represent the social science chairs and program directors on the College of Arts and Sciences' Executive Committee. Chaired the committee that revised the social science breadth requirements as well as the committee that restructured the social science research centers. Chairperson, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work (1993-1997), University of Dayton Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Built colleagueship; revised the department's mission, curriculum, and procedures; enriched the department's scholarly atmosphere; strengthened the department's position within the College of Arts and Sciences and the University; and instituted an annual retreat. During the three annual retreats the department focused on rewriting its mission statement, rethinking and refining its teaching and scholarly emphases, restructuring its curriculum, rewriting its bylaws, and increasing its diversity. During this time the number of majors grew by over 50%, the SCH per FTEF measure went from 15th in the University to first, and the department added two tenure-track faculty lines. Received strong, unanimous support for reappointment but accepted the Associate Dean position instead. Academic Senate (1993-1997), University of Dayton Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Elected to the Academic Senate and its Executive Committee in January 1993. Elected in 1994 to the first of three consecutive terms as vice president of the Senate – the highest position a faculty member could then hold. Improved the structure and processes of the Senate's work; created a system for tracking policies before the Senate; made reporting structures more formal and the discussion process more efficient. Facilitated communication on key issues between the faculty and administration by creating summaries which provided a quick glimpse of the critical issues. Utilized a host of publications to promote key Senate events in order to maximize faculty participation. Successfully worked to minimize cuts to academic programs, prevent involuntary faculty separations, insure a salary increase, and preserve benefits during a challenging budget period. Collaborated with other senators to support a review of the Academic Senate's constitution. An ad hoc subcommittee suggested a number of significant changes, including increasing representation from some areas, creating a seat for part-time faculty representation, and making the president of the Senate a faculty member rather than the Provost. The faculty voted to approve all changes. Faculty Member (1984-1993), University of Dayton Responsibilities and Accomplishments: Spent nine years as a teacher-scholar; closely mentored students, helping many gain entry into the best graduate programs in the country. Served as chapter representative for the international sociological honors society, Alpha Kappa Delta, and faculty sponsor of the department's student club. Scholarship culminated in a co-authored book which won a national award for its outstanding contribution to the tradition of social pragmatism and interactionism. EXTERNAL GRANTS The Pew Grant Program in Course Redesign, $200,000 grant awarded in June 2000. Prepared by Kenneth Graetz, Ph.D.; Donald Polzella, Ph.D.; Greg Elvers, Ph.D.; Thomas Eggemeier, Ph.D. (all from the Department of Psychology); Fred Pestello, Ph.D.; Thomas Skill, Ph.D. (Assistant Provost for Academic Technology and contact person); and John Geiger, Ph.D. (Provost). PUBLICATIONS A. Books Deutscher, Irwin, Fred P. Pestello, and H. Frances G. Pestello. 1993. Sentiments and Acts. Hawthorne, NY: Aldine de Gruyter. Received a Special Recognition Award from the Charles Horton Cooley Committee of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction for its outstanding contribution to the tradition of social pragmatism and interactionism, August 1994. B. Articles, Chapters, and Research Notes Heft, James L., Ronald M. Katsuyama, and Fred P. Pestello. 2001. "Faculty Attitudes and Hiring Practices at Selected Catholic Colleges and Universities." Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 21: 43-63. Pestello, Fred P. and H. Frances G. Pestello. 2000. "Consistency Between Sentiments and Acts." Sociological Inquiry, 70: 61-73. Miller, Dan E., Fred P. Pestello and Patrick G. Donnelly. 2000. "Spots . . ., Good Soldiers, and Sociology Departments: Stan Saxton's Pragmatist Approach to Sociology." Pages 31-42 in Studies in Symbolic Interaction: A Research Annual, vol. 23, edited by Norman K. Denzin, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Heft, James L. and Fred P. Pestello. 1999. "Hiring Practices in Catholic Colleges and Universities." Current Issues in Catholic Higher Education, 20: 89-97. Pestello, Fred P. 1995. "Committed Selves, Epiphany, and Behavioral Consistency: A Study of Commitment to 'Natural Dieting.'" Pages 185-205 in Studies in Symbolic Interaction: A Research Annual, vol. 17, edited by Norman K. Denzin, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Pestello, Fred P. 1991. "Discounting." Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, 20: 26-46. Pestello, H. Frances G. and Fred P. Pestello. 1991. "Ignored, Neglected, and Abused: The Behavior Variable in Attitude-Behavior Research." Symbolic Interaction, 14: 341-351. Pestello, Fred P. and H. Frances G. Pestello. 1991. "Precision and Elusion: The Saga of the Attitude Variable in Attitude-Behavior Research." Pages 253-278 in Studies in Symbolic Interaction: A Research Annual, vol. 12, edited by Norman K. Denzin, Greenwich, CT: JAI Press. Pestello, Fred P. 1987. "The Social Construction of Grades." Teaching Sociology, 15: 414-417. Bass, David M., Fred P. Pestello, and T. Neal Garland. 1984. "Experiences with Hospice Care: Determinants of Place of Death." Death Education, 8: 199-222. Pestello, Fred P. and David M. Bass. 1983. "Goal Impediments in Two Hospice Programs." Nursing and Health Care, 4: 397-399. McClendon, McKee J. and Fred P. Pestello. 1983. "Self-interest and Public Policy Attitude Formation: Busing for School Desegregation." Sociological Focus, 16: 1-12. McClendon, McKee J. and Fred P. Pestello. 1982. "White Opposition: To Busing or to Desegregation?" Social Science Quarterly, 63: 70-82. EDITORIAL Review Editor, Symbolic Interaction (1990-1995); referee of articles submitted to Social Psychology Quarterly, Journal of Contemporary Ethnography, Studies in Symbolic Interaction: A Research Annual, Teaching Sociology, The Social Science Journal, The Sociological Quarterly, Journal of Family Issues, Sociological Spectrum, and Journal of Environmental Psychology. SELECT PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS The Harvard Seminar for New Presidents, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA July 18-23, 2008 Presidential Enrollment Management Institute, Noel-Levitz, Vail, CO June 15-17, 2003 Institute for Educational Management, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA July 14-26, 2002 Institute for Administrators in Catholic Higher Education, Boston College, Boston, MA July 10-14, 2001 The Snowmass Institute on Strategic Management for College and University Executives, Aspen, CO July 16-21, 2000 SELECT PROFESSIONAL PARTICIPATION Publications Committee of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction, 1999-2002 Undergraduate Education Committee of the Midwest Sociological Society, 1994 to 1999 Chair-elect, 1997 Chair, 1998 COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS (RECENT) Dayton Regional Network (foster cooperation and leadership to create improvements in the region's quality of life) Member of the Board, 2005-2006 United Way of Greater Dayton Member of the Board of Trustees, 2003 to 2008 Co-chair of Designations Task Force, 2003 to 2004 Campaign Cabinet, Young Professionals Strategy Chair, 2005 to 2008 St. Joseph Children's Treatment Center Member of the Board of Trustees, 1995 to 2008 Vice President, 2000 to 2002 President, 2002 to 2004 Immediate Past President, 2005 Leadership Dayton (Class of 1998) STATE OF OHIO BOARD SERVICE Ohio Partnership for Continued Learning, Governor Bob Taft, Chair, 2005-2006 Ohio Learning Network (OLN) Governing Board, 2004-2005 OhioLINK Governing Board, 2001-2004; 2006-2008 NATIONAL BOARD SERVICE National Advisory Council Fostering Student Development through Faculty Development funded by Lilly Endowment, Inc. and the John Templeton Foundation, 2003-2005 Project director: Larry A Braskamp, Ph.D.


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Re: KITE ANCHORS AND VERTICAL LIFT
For ground anchors, "easy" and "effective" are a compromise. To get a really effective anchor, you will need to expend some serious effort to get it seated into the ground. Dog stakes (usually a triangle handle with a spiral section that gets screwed into the ground) you generally need turf or some kind of coherent soil (clayey) to get a good hold. Sand is no good, and really hard soil is either hard to drill into, or drilling in breaks up the soil and reduces the holding.
Simple stakes will work if the soil is good. To get a better hold in loose soil (especially when the pull is close to horizontal) use two stakes: drive a long stake half way in; tie the kite line close to the ground. Then drive a second stake behind it by several feet: tie off the top of the long stake to the second stake close to the ground. This will help avoid having the primary stake get pulled through the ground until it pulls straight out.
Sheer weight is good. Tying off to a trailer hitch works well for pulls up to 1000# or so. (I have seen the front end of a fire engine lifted off the ground by a large kite -- probably took over 10,000# to do that.)
Earth anchors of the skewed disk type have great pull-out ratings but require a lot of effort to get turned into the ground (and removed later).
I have seen another type of anchor that gets driven straight into the ground with an installing tool and a sledge hammer. Then when it is pulled, the anchor tips and goes crossways under ground. Hard to remove, though, unless you also bury a retrieval cable alongside the anchor cable. (Just checked - these are available from American Earth Anchor.)
For line strength, I have had 500# Kevlar lines broken in a hand-held situation. It is the sudden jerks (since I only weigh about half that) that break lines which are otherwise in good condition. (I was flying a 10' Flexi on twin 500# lines and leaning back at about 45 degrees when one of the lines broke in the middle - away from any knot, which suggests a flaw in the line because knots are ALWAYS weaker.) OTOH line strength numbers are all over the place: is it Working Strength? Breaking Strength? Test? Who knows what they mean? Who did the testing? If it's Working Strength, the breaking strength may be 2, 5, or 20 times larger, depending on how the Working Strength was determined. If it is tournament fishing line, it is guaranteed to break AT the test strength (to provide an even playing field for such-and-such a fish caught on such-and-such a line strength).
For checking the pull, the technical name for the device is a Hanging Scale. Big ones are expensive (thou$and$) and very heavy. A small spring scale with two hooks would work for up to a couple hundred pounds. Running the line over a pulley and hanging weights on it would also work.
A word of warning: hooking heavy things to a kite line under high tension is dangerous. If anything breaks (and it will) heavy things go flying at very high speeds. Any line with ANY stretch will accelerate an object for as long as it takes for the stretch to relieve itself. I have heard a 5# cleat break the sound barrier (over 700 mph) when a tow line pulled it loose from a boat under tow; it went half way through a boat transom which was made of 3"-thick plywood. DO NOT STAND IN LINE WITH ANY COMBINATION OF LINES UNDER TENSION AND OBJECTS WITH ANY SIGNIFICANT MASS! (And do not let anyone else do so either.) Specifically, don't stand by a line which is attached to any kind of ground anchor. It it pulls out or breaks, the anchor becomes a missile. I had an ordinary tent stake with a nylon (stretchy) guy line fly over 200 feet when a strong wind gust got under a canopy. Fortunately it was "aimed" up in the air when it let loose; by the time it hit the ground, it was merely ballistic (a falling plastic tent stake).
Re: KITE ANCHORS AND VERTICAL LIFT
I just ordered some 18" screw down anchors from American Earth Anchors, and mentioned the referral from Kiting Magazine. They seemed pleased, and were very helpful. Thanks for the tip !
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Re: KITE ANCHORS AND VERTICAL LIFT
The screw anchors work well if you have a heavy duty drill/driver. You jsut leanon them and drive them in and the eay part is when you unscrew them to remove the anchor.
I have had one failue using the cast aluminum screws. We had the kite on a single screw anchor and the wind was gusting. The top of the ground was soft and 10 inches down it was very hard. The anchor was flexing in the gusts and then snapped in half. A 2nd anchor behind it would have prevented the problem and the loss of the expensive anchor.
As for the rebar suggestion I would advise against attaching your line directly to it. The edges are too rough and rusty in most cases. You also have to keep in mind that it will bend under load. I prefer galvanized pipe that has a larger surface area to prevent bowing. On Gombergs site he has a great section on anchors along with how to rig a deadman as a backup.
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Attached (I hope) is a rough drawing for a simple anchor, using a 1" plywood base cut 18" square. Holes are drilled at a diagonal
pointing away from the center, and 18" rebar is hammered into the ground until level with the plywood. In the center is a 3/8" x 2" eye bolt reinforced wit
This design looks like a cross anchor used for mobile homes. Has anyone ever used one. If it keeps a Mob' from blowing away, it aught to keep a kite grounded. I am attaching a general picture. (I think)
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The site I looked at says that Cross-Anchor is for anchoring in solid rock. You pre-drill at angles through the square guides and drive 36" rods into the rock. Presumably you first drill a short hole for the vertical shaft. I doubt if it would have much holding power in soil or sand.
Anyone else interested:
It looks to me from some of the sites with testing charts, that if you want 4725# pull out resistance (which seems to be some kind of standard in the mobile home industry for anchors) in loose sand, you are going to want one of the skewed-disk anchors with a 60" (3/4" dia) shaft and a 8" disk. If you want more, you will need to double up and provide some kind of equalizing bridle. It would probably take you 15 or 20 minutes of hard work to screw it into the sand, and a bit less time and easier work to remove it.
Lastly, you need some kind of release designed to let the line go free of the anchor if it does start to pull out of the sand. You don't want 15# of jagged steel flying down the beach at several hundred mph. Better to lose a kite than to kill someone.
This is just my quick and dirty web research. Before you hook a hard pulling kite to an anchor, do your own research and make up your own mind. The experts, like the Gombergs, will tell you that anchoring a BIG kite is a serious business and not to be taken lightly. I think most experts use heavy vehicles rather than try to ground anchor.
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The plywood mount that you are referencing sounds like a home made version of the claw anchor that is sold to tie down planes on grass or dirt. The main idea is deep enough that it wont pull out and spread out ot share the load amoung several anchors. I normally go for the thickwall pipe that I get from work and a big hammer then a 2nd one behind to make sure the first one does not pull forward. After wiggling all day the front one comes out with a small amount of work and the back one is sometimes more than I want to mess with. I would love to find an old car bumper jack to use as a puller. ( 4x4 jacks are too big) I have a t-bar fence post puller that I can force to do the job.
As for measuring line pull you can get a small luggage scale for $10-30.00 and it should tell you what you want to know. Picking up 20 pounds is about the same as catching 5 pounds when it jerks as in pulling it off the counter and letting it fall tied to a line. That being said you will probably be surprised. The wind gust that about pulls you over may only be 40-50 pounds but since its unexpected it feels like 150. Of course most line streches which is a good thing so 150 at the top of the line is less than 100 on you end. Back to the scale. The one I have is a T-Handle with a hook to lift your suitcase. You could put a carabiner on the line with several wraps to lock it in and then put the hook on it and watch the readings. To take it one step further you can put a loop arond the T-handle and anchor it slightly shorter than the flying line. I would have the main line tied off incase you overload he scale and break it.
Th above statement is correct Lots of mumbers and it hard to know what they mean. Safe working load is a variable percentage of the failure load. The types of load also make a difference. The example is you wrap a string around a hande on each end and pull as hard as you can and nothing happens. Then put your hands together and jerk them apart and the string easily breaks. Its more or less the same force with a different way to apply it.
After all that.....I use the largest line the kite will lift as a good safety factor. ( slightly overstated) Using 500 # with a load leaves a small safety margin for that jerk in the line vers the 750# or even 1000#. Then again that being said I have some 500# in one brand thats less likely to break than onother brands 750#.
PS> Check you local Radio SHack to see if they still have a scale in stock. It was a Christmas item that may still be on the clearance table.
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I am considering a move to compact though. Multiple reasons not specifically relevant here.
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I added two comics I hadn't realized existed, Ragman #5 and Kobra #7, and the following runs or trades:
Tales of the Zombie
Bat Lash
The Book of Jim
Marvel Universe (plus From the Marvel Vault)
Kull the Conqueror
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2) There were surprisingly few votes for Squadron Supreme.
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6) Most of us focused quite a bits on the 1970s-1980s. I loved it that DC Indexer (Mike) coming along with his set of comics pre-1960, but I also loved ArtyCool8or coming along with interesting selections from the 1990s. I wish Captain Jim and Venomous Mask would've played, too; I think they would have added to the breadth and depth of what was covered.


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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The 1st District Court of Appeal ruled a local university overstepped its bounds when it forbade students from storing weapons in their vehicles on campus.
University of North Florida student Alexandra Lainez sued for the right to bring her weapon on campus for safety reasons.
"UNF was telling her we don't care about your safety, your safety to and from campus is your problem, you can't have a gun even though the legislature said you can," said Eric Friday, lead counsel for Florida Carry, which was also a plaintiff in the original lawsuit.
The 1st DCA overturned a Duval County court ruling that upheld the ban. Judges rejected the university's argument that it should be treated as a school district and therefore be allowed to ban weapons on campus - even if they are secured in cars.
"While school districts may adopt a waiver disallowing securely encased firearms in vehicles parked on campuses under their authority, neither UNF nor the UNF Board of Trustees qualifies as a school district," wrote Judge Clayton Roberts.
The university issued a statement, which reads: "We are reviewing the opinion, and we will be discussing possible options with our attorneys."
Some students on campus felt the university should have the right to restrict weapons on campus.
"I feel that's every student's right, every American's right to carry their own weapon if they really want to," said Christian Ramos, a UNF student. "But here on campus, I don't think there's really a need for it."
"I feel that the university was not necessarily trying to infringe on her rights as a student or a citizen of the United States, but more so they were considering the other 16 something thousand others that go to this school," said Starranzo Caudio, a UNF student.
The suit was first filed in October 2011. The 1st DCA first heard arguments earlier this year.
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As you suggest in your post, I would assume that this may be normal behavior in light of having a rain sensor. The ones I've seen have absorbent discs which hold onto rain water for up to several days (depending on humidity and how much sunlight hits the sensor) until they dry out. This is deliberate, since they are designed to mimic your lawn in terms of how much water is in the ground.
On my Toro digital controller, there is a raindrop icon with a slash through it which comes on whenever the rain sensor is overriding the controller.
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I am looking to purchase acustom PC for video editing. The software that I am currently running is Adobe Premier Pro CS4, but I do want to make sure that my machine will be more than capable to upgrade to CS5 without any performance issues.
Hardware is definately not my specailty and from what I read on these forums, adobe's listed computer specs for it's products, especially the video editing software is not adequete to run the software smoothly.
In some cases I have read that a hex core CPU is recommended and in others I have heard different. I have had two vendors quote me on different systems they say will be ideal, one is a hex core system and the other is a quad, and I also have peice one system together on a "build your own pc" website. I am just looking for some advice or guidance from people who actually use the software so that I don't go spend a lot of money on a system that I will have issues with. I do have a limited budget but am willing to spend about $2,500 to get set up.
Below are 3 systems that I am looking into. If anybody could tell me the pros and cons of these set ups or any red flags of an inadequete system, that would be great. As well, if there are any areas where an increase in cost is not worth a minimal increase in performance, that would be great to.
Quad Core System - $2,735 CAD including Tax
|Intel Core i7-2600 3.4GHz TB3.8Ghz Quad-Core LGA 1155 8MB HT 95W Processor
|Asus P8Z68-V Pro/GEN3 Motherboard - ATX - LGA1155 - Z68 - 4xDDR3
|4 X Kingston Value RAM 4GB (1 X 4GB) - DDR3-1333MHz
|Hard Drive
|OCZ Vertex 3 120GB 2.5" SATA3.0 Sandforce SF-2281 SSD State Drive ##OS/Programs
|Hard Drive
|Western Digital Caviar Black 2TB 7200 RPM SATA 6 Gb/s 64MB Internal
|Video Card
|Asus GeForce GTX580 Direct CU II Video Card - 78MHz - 1.% GB DDR5
|Antec Earthwatts 750W Power Supply
|Windows 7 Pro - 64 Bit
Hex Core System - $2,467.17
Intel Core i7 3930K 6 Core 12MB 3.2GHz Hyperthreading Unlocked
ASUS P9X79 Pro ATX LGA2011 X79 DDR3 4PCI-E16 2PCI-E SATA - Motherboard
Corsair Vengeance 16GB 4X4 GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory
Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 128GB 2.5IN Solid State Disk Flash Drive SATA3 6Gbps
Seagate Barracuda 1TB 7200RPM 64MB SATA 6Gbps - 2 units
EVGA GeForce GTX 560 Ti Fermi 850MHZ 1024 MB Video Card
Corsair Enthusiast Series TX650M 650W ATX Power Supply
Windows 7 Pro - 64 Bit
Corsair Cooling Hydro Series H80 High Performance
Custom PC: Put together online "build your own PC" - $2,170
CPU: Intel Core i7 960 Quad Core Processor 3.2 GHZ (do I need a hex core?)
CPU Cooling: Coolermaster GeminII S524 CPU Heatsink LGA 1366
Motherboard: Asus P8Z68-V Pro GEN3 ATX LGA 1155
DDR3 Memory (RAM): Corsair Vengeance 12GB 3X4GB DDR3 - 1600 CL9-9-9-24
Video Card: AMD Radeon HD 6950 800 MHZ 2GB 5GHZ GDDR5 PCI-E
Power Supply: Seasonic S12II 620W EPS12V 20/24PIN ATX
OS: Windows 7 64 Bit
2 units - Western Digital Caviar Black 1TB SATA 6GBs 7200 RPM 64MB cache
1 unit - Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 7200 RPM 1TB SATA 32 MB cache
Any feedback on how I should peice this machine together would be greatly appreciated. Hardware is my downfall.
Check out the Adobe Hardware Forum (http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/hardware_forum). You would probably get more information there.
The third build will not work at all because the CPU and motherboard are totally incompatible with one another. An LGA 1366 CPU will not even physically fit inside an LGA 1155 socket! Moreover, even if you found a CPU that's compatible with the motherboard, you'd still be hamstrung by a GPU that is still not supported at all in Premiere Pro CS 5.5.2's GPU acceleration mode (with any AMD GPU, you're permanently stuck in the MPE software-only mode, which is often 10 to 20 times slower for timeline renders than the GPU acceleration mode).
The second build is less than ideal because of its underpowered PSU. The LGA 2011 platform is a power pig (especially with a hex-core CPU), and 650W isn't enough for an LGA 2011-based video editing system with multiple disks and even an upper-mid-range Nvidia GPU, especially if overclocked at all (650W is barely adequate for that setup if neither the CPU nor the GPU is overclocked).
The first system is the best balanced of the three, but I'd question the OCZ Vertex 3 SSD because it is based on a Sandforce controller that (at least in its initial shipping firmware version) suffers from the random BSOD issue just even running Windows at all. Plus, the actual real-world write speed is much slower than advertised.
None of those builds are ideal. I'm not going to give you specific components, that's for you to determine for yourself. However, follow these basic guidelines, and you'll be fine...
Core i7 processor, i7-920 or greater. (I use an i7-920, which is the lowest one there is, and it runs great for me).
Workstation or Gamer grade motherboard is best, because they'll have features that budget boards won't. Obviously, make sure your board will support your chip! Try to get a board with at least 6 PCIe x16 slots for expansion, and at least 6 onboard SATA ports, 8 or more is better. Trust me, you may not need them now, but you'll want them!
nVidia graphics card that is supported by Adobe is a must. I just bought the GTX 580 last week, but used the GTX 285 for several years with great success.
Minimum of 12GB of memory; 16 or 24 is better.
OS/Programs drive (people on these forums generally say an SSD isn't necessary, and it's not. However, I just got one, and once you've had one, you'll never go back!)
Minimum of two additional drives: one for projects and data, and one for exports and scratch. If you can go with three additional drives, that's better. And if you can do multi-disk arrays for each, that's better yet.
Minimum 750 Watt powersupply, gold or 80+ rated.
Take those guidelines, put together something a little closer to what you'll need, and then ask again for specific suggestions.
The others have given you good advice. You can find more information in this FAQ entry:
And an update that is not yet in the FAQ section: Adobe Forums: What PC to build? An update...
If you would like to pick out the performance level that you would like to achieve from 697 different configurations (today's total) look at our Premiere Pro Bench Mark (PPBM5) web site and supplement that with the above suggestions. Because there is a difference in the scores between running CS5 or CS5.5 I suggest you first select the Versions tab and filter the results by picking one or the other version to look at.
Or, a simpler solution is to have a well designed and tuned system custom built for you by ADK who are world renown specialists in building Premiere Pro editing systems.
Actually, Harm, I have already included a link to that updated article in the FAQ entry. Thanks for the updated material. I left the link to the old one, too, because much of the conversation in it is valuable.
Thank you for your input. I have since got a little more specific on my assembly.
|Header 1
|Header 2
|Sabertooth X79
|i7-3930K Processor
|CPU Cooler
|Coolermaster GeminII S524 CPU Heatsink LGA 1366
|DDR3 Memory (Ram)
|Corsair Vengeance 16GB 4X4GB DDR3-1600 CL9-9-9-24 Dual Channel Memory Kit
|Crucial M4 SSD Micron C400 128Gb 2.5 IN Solid State Disk Drive SATA3 6Gbps
|HDD - 2 units
|Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB 7200 RPM SATA 6Gb/s 64 MB
|GeForce GTX 570
|Coolermaster Haf 932
|Power Supply
|Corsair 850W Pro Series Gold PSU
|Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium Edition 64 Bit
I have assembled this for about $2,250 before taxes and any shipping. I am paying an extra $500-$600 to implement a hex core set up. My use will initially be for educational web videos with minimal effects, 3-5 min long. I uses my Nikon DSLR camera to shoot HD videos that I will be editing. I will be using green screen, picture in piture, multiple layers for charts, titles etc.
I guess my first question is, are all the components in this set up compatable. Do you see any red flags or is there anything that raises concerns. Hardware is definately my weakness. Any help is greatly appreciated.
According to http://www.amazon.com/Intel-Core-i7-3930K-2011-Processor/dp/B00603QXPM / that CPU is an LGA 2011 not an LGA 1366... check your CPU cooler
You are correct there.
I found converters online. I could not seem to find and CPU coolers for LGA 2011.
With that aside, how does the rest of the set up look?
Lots of messages about problems with SSD drives... search the forum for SSD
I use 3 hard drives, My 3 hard drives are configured as...
1 - 320Gig Boot for Win7 64bit Pro and all program installs
2 - 320Gig data for Win7 swap file and video project files
When I create a project on #2 drive, the various work files follow,
so my boot drive is not used for the media cache folder and files
3 - 1Terabyte data for all video files... input & output files (*)
(*) for 4 drives, drive 3 all source files & drive 4 all output files
Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows swap file
IF you think you will ever want more ram, go with 2x8gig so you can add 2x8gig later... BUT that will require Win7 64bit Pro, not Home to use more ram
That is great to know John,
I will definately go with Win 7 64 bit Pro
For some reason I have heard that some people like the SSD for the OS/Programs. I will definately search the forums regarding the SSD drives.
Would you suggest I get 3 of the Western Digital 7200 RPM SATA 6Gbps 64 MB HDD instead of 2 and an SSD?
Other than that, does it look like a system that will run Premier smoothly?
Thanks again.
My vote would be to stick with your latest build list, exactly as is.
With today's pricing, definitely go with the SSD + 2x2TB/64MB Blacks. It will run Premier very smoothly for what you are wanting to do. Regarding what you are giving up without 1 or 2 more HDs will be final project render speed, and that should not be any big deal for your 3 - 5 minute projects. If and when you want/need more drives later, you can hopefully wait until the prices for HDs has returned to pre-flood prices, or even less than that.
There is a lot of good information on this forum, but one has to realize that today's big 2/3TB drives w/ 64MB buffers seem have the punch of say 2x500GB drives in RAID 0 from a few years back. The drive design and construction in order to pull off 2/3TB already includes lots of data density, lots of platters/heads, and fast electronics. Having all files on a 2x2TB RAID will work pretty darn well. You may experiment with putting "media cache DB" (not media cache) on the SSD too.
Good luck, and report back with your PPBM5 scores as forum feedback when you are done.
For your 2011 LGA take a look at this one (plus add the mating second fan). Very reasonable also
SSD and Video Editing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/902915?tstart=0
After reading the forum on the SSD and video editing. I have decided that the SSD set up is too technical for me and have decided to go with an additional HDD for bootup. Boot up time and noise are certainly not an issue for me.
Thanks for the info everybody.
After all the help I received from this forum, I finally put together and purchased my computer for video editing with adobe CS4. The computer is as follows"
I am now ready to fire it up and get started but I have one last question as to how to actually set up/program the HDD's as I have bee recommended:
Any help on how to get my HDD's set up accordingly would be greatly appreciated. I will start a new thread for this last question to avoid my thread covering more than one topic.
Thanks to everybody for your help. I got great advice and it forced me to do more research and learn a bit in the process.
Thanks again.
My 320Gig data drive for Win7 swap file and video project files
When I create a project on #2 drive, the various work files follow,
so my boot drive is not used for the media cache folder and files
Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows swap file
Keep in mind that if you will be upgrading to CS5.5 or the forthcoming CS6 in the near future, I strongly recommend upgrading your RAM to 32GB (in this case, getting another 4 x 4GB kit). That's because CS5.5 runs at its optimal performance level with around 2 to 3 GB of RAM per logical core. Unfortunately, your current setup has only 1.3GB of RAM per logical core because that i7-3930K has six physical cores with hyperthreading, making it a 12-logical-core CPU. And having only 16GB of RAM on that platform will degrade CS5.5 performance in a manner that's similar to what an i7-2600K does with only 8 to 12 GB of RAM installed (or an i5 system does with only 4 to 6 GB of RAM installed).
Thank you for the info.
I purchased another 16G of RAM to get my CPU performance up. Considering the cost of the whole machine, upgrading the ram is a minor cost.
John T Smith wrote:
My 320Gig data drive for Win7 swap file and video project files
When I create a project on #2 drive, the various work files follow,
so my boot drive is not used for the media cache folder and files
Search Microsoft to find out how to redirect your Windows swap file
I searched the microsoft link but was unable to find instructions on how to perform the above.
Thank you for your help though.
Go to Control Panel > System > Advanced Tab.
In the Performance section, click Settings > Advanced Tab.
In the Virtual Memory section click Change.
Then select C: in the list of drives and check the No Page File button.
Then select the drive on which you want your page file and check Custom Size. Enter the value that you want in the box - I have 32 GB - 32 GB, to achieve a fixed size equal to the amount of RAM in the system.
It is best to do this with the new page file on an empty drive, so that it goes at the fastest part of the drive, and will not become fragmanted - the fixed size is needed for this.


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10 Valpo Student-Athletes Receive Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Award
Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Ten Valparaiso University student-athletes received the Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Awards as selected by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education magazine. The award recognizes minority undergraduate students who have made achieving both academically and athletically a winning combination.
To be eligible for the honor, students have to be an intercollegiate athlete, maintain at least a 3.2 grade point average, and be active on their campus and in the community.
Earning the Arthur Ashe Jr. Awards are:
Kevin DeHerrera (Littleton, Colo./Chatfield H.S.), Jose Gaspar (Sao Paulo, Brazil/CEAD H.S.), and Siddarth Mehta (South Bend, Ind./Clay H.S.) were all represented in men's tennis. DeHerrera is a civil engineering major while Gaspar was a master's student in sports administration. Mehta is a management major.
Toshko Ganzorigt (Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia/Orcholon H.S.) was named to the men's swimming team. The senior double majored in accounting and finance.
Jarrett Mickens (Aurora, Ill./Waubonsie Valley H.S.) represented Valpo on the men's track and field team as a biology major while Ashley Varner (South Bend, Ind./Washington H.S.), a psychology major, was named to the women's basketball team.
Wei Ming Wong (Hong Kong/Hong Kong International H.S.) and Sammy Olson (Buffalo Grove, Ill./Buffalo Grove H.S.) represented men's and women's soccer respectively. Wong is an international business and finance double major while Olson is majoring in nursing and Spanish.
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